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Technology & National Security
AI battleships and killer drones: ‘Terminator future’ of war feared by conflict expertsMajor advancements in AI weapons and defence technology have sparked fears mankind is heading towards a “Terminator future” of war. And as this ultra-tech advance, there are i...
By Paul Scharre
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Chinese regulators outlaw crypto in latest crackdown
Regulators in China are tightening their grip on industries at a dizzying pace — ratcheting up pressure that’s spared few sectors. Driving the news: The country’s most powerfu...
By Jordan Schneider
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Aukus: How transatlantic allies turned on each other over China’s Indo-Pacific threat"The US propulsion technology is one of the “crown jewels of the American military” because it allows submarines to be stealthy when submerged and helps evade sonar detection,...
By Tom Shugart
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As Biden hosts first Quad summit at the White House, China is the background music
President Biden gathered the leaders of Japan, Australia and India at the White House on Friday to cement an emerging partnership of four Indo-Pacific countries, known as the ...
By Lisa Curtis
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Ex-official in Trump admin for greater counter-terrorism coordination with India on Afghanistan
Ahead of a maiden bilateral meet between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden, a former national security official in the Trump Administration has pushed fo...
By Lisa Curtis
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Secret Talks and a Hidden Agenda: Behind the U.S. Defense Deal That France Called a ‘Betrayal’
In the end, Mr. Biden’s decision was the result of a brutal calculus that nations sometimes make in which one ally is determined to be more strategically vital than another — ...
By Richard Fontaine
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What are nuclear-powered submarines and how do they work? Australia's firepower ambitions explained
With Australia making a deal with the United States and the United Kingdom to begin a nuclear-powered submarine program, we can expect the Aussie subs will look a lot like the...
By Tom Shugart
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Donors pledging billions in aid to Afghanistan face a challenge: Navigating the Taliban
One month after the fall of its U.S.-supported government to the Taliban, Afghanistan faces crises of astronomical levels: millions facing starvation, a nationwide liquidity c...
By Alex Zerden
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National Security Human Capital Program
American women will soon become eligible (in theory) for the draftMass conscription in wartime is a remote prospect in America. But were a draft called, the country’s conscripts might soon look very different. An amendment to the annual defe...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The Korean Peninsula’s Arms Race Heats Up
Tensions on the Korean peninsula rose on Wednesday as North Korea and South Korea conducted missile tests within hours of each other. As well as statements of military readine...
By Duyeon Kim
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China slams U.S.-led plan to give nuclear submarines to Australia
China slammed the new Indo-Pacific security alliance unveiled by the U.S., the U.K. and Australia on Wednesday, especially the plan to deliver nuclear-powered submarines to Ca...
By Van Jackson
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With foreign funds frozen, Afghan aid groups stuck in limbo
A month after the fall of Kabul, the world is still wrestling with how to help Afghanistan’s impoverished people without propping up their Taliban leaders — a question that gr...
By Lisa Curtis
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Technology & National Security
Zapad military drills showcase Russian unmanned robots’ battlefield breakthroughRussia has employed unmanned ground vehicles in combat formations for the first time, a significant step in the country’s quest to develop an effective all-robot military unit...
By Samuel Bendett
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National Security Human Capital Program
Furor builds over top general Milley's role in Trump's final daysGen. Mark A. Milley, the embattled chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, would have several more medals to add to his uniform if the Pentagon gave them for dodging artillery ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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US builds bulwark against China with UK-Australia security pact
The US has launched a new trilateral security partnership with the UK and Australia that will enable Canberra to build a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, a move that will ...
By Richard Fontaine
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National Security Human Capital Program
‘We Never Got It. Not Even Close’: Afghanistan Veterans Reflect on 20 Years of WarThe last U.S. soldier to leave Afghanistan boarded a plane on Aug. 30, 2021. In the nearly two decades of war that preceded, more than 775,000 U.S. service members deployed to...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Trump wanted out of Afghanistan. Now he wants to bomb it.
Donald Trump spent years arguing that America’s “endless wars” were draining the country of resources and lives. But in the aftermath of President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from ...
By Lisa Curtis
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In Afghan Withdrawal, a Biden Doctrine Surfaces
In the chaotic finale of America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan, a Biden Doctrine is emerging: a foreign policy that avoids the aggressive tactics of forever wars and nation bui...
By Lisa Curtis
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Bitcoin Won’t Save the Afghan People
Over the past few years, the residents of countries in financial distress have increasingly turned to cryptocurrency. In Kenya, Nigeria, the Philippines and Venezuela, crypto ...
By Alex Zerden
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Inflation could spark new global financial crisis, says Russia’s central bank
“Against this global setting, the CBR [Russian central bank] did the right thing of getting ahead of inflation with hikes,” said Elina Ribakova.Read the full story and more fr...
By Elina Ribakova